APCA E3 One Day Workshops!

The Association for the Promotion of Campus Activities hosted three Educate, Enlighten, and Energize One Day Workshops in the South Central region June 19-21, 2013. During their visit, the APCA School Membership Coordinators, Michael Stephenson and Jondra Darden were able to visit Marjoree Harper, Director of Student Activities at Bossier Parish Community College in Bossier City, LA. They were able to take a tour of the facilities and meet with Marjoree to discuss upcoming events and new additions to APCA events that would help benefit her program. Here is what Marjoree had to say about the APCA staff visiting her campus, "It was wonderful to have Jondra and Michael at Bossier Parish Community College. We had a chance to sit down and talk about challenges facing higher education in Louisiana and how that APCA could help with those. It also gave them an opportunity to see our campus and how we program at our community college with limited space and resources."

 On June 19, 2013 the APCA Team headed to Texas A&M - Texarkana where Celeste McNeil Coordinator for Student Engagement and Activities was the host of our first drive in. Marlena Ballard and Kelly Coke of Texas A&M - Texarkana kicked things off with "The New Non-Traditional Student Will Rock Your World." Volunteer facilitators: Jennifer Skinner - University Of Texas at Tyler, Kedrick Nicholas - McNeese University, Marjoree Harper - Bossier Parish Communinity College, and Yonna Pasch - Northwestern State University led roundtable discussions on topics such as retention and programming on a budget. Ryan Penneau taught our attendees how to market like a rockstar! He focused on developing more energy to influence, recruit, and retain students to clubs and events. Yonna Pasch, Director of Student Activities at Northwestern State University in Natchitoches, LA gave an inspirational presentation about her story of adversity, adaptability, and being your own advocate titled, "When Life Hands you Lemons, Make Pink Lemonade."

 Louisiana State University - Eunice was our next stop. On June 20, 2013 Althea Jackson, Director of Student Activities along with Dean of Students, Judy Daniels helped co-sponsor our E3 Drive In with APCA. Adam Lambert discussed Legal Issues in Higher Education including topics such as the Clery Act and FERPA. Dr. Paul Fowler, Director of Developmental Education at Louisiana State University - Eunice discussed Trends in Student Retention. Ryan Penneau got everyone excited to go back to their campuses and encourage students to get involved with his Rockstar Marketing presentation. We would also like to thank our volunteer roundtable facilitators at this event, Kedrick Nicholas - McNeese University, Ryan Penneau, Crystal Rougeau - LSUE, and Chelsea Collins - LSUE. They led topics regarding inter-department colloaboration, leadership training, diversity and inclusion, and civility and community service. We woud also like to thank our student leaders and grad students for their input during our focus group.

We ended our E3 Drive Ins in Houston, TX at Houston Baptist University where Krista Nix, Assistant Director of Student Involvment hosted the APCA / HANSAUP E3 One Day Workshop and Business Meeting. Adam Lambert again discussed Legal Issues in Higher Education and addressed questions from workshop participants. Dakota Doman, Director of Student Activities at Lamar University, APCA SC Regional Coordinator, and HANSAUP Vice President said, "Adam was very knowlegable and gave an awesome presentation to inform us about legal issues we may face as higher education professionals." Attendees also participated in roundtable discussions and addressed new business with HANSAUP. For more information about HANSAUP, please contact Marquis Gatewood at gatewom@stthom.edu.

Please check out pictures from these events here: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10151238815132237.450283.358603567236&type=1

We would like to thank everyone for your participation and support. We thoroughly enjoyed our time and we look forward to working with and seeing you all again soon! APCA BABY!